Wind alone does not account for all hurricane-related fatalities. Storm surge and rainfall do as well. Yet the current warning system—the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale—measures a storm's ...

Tim Cowlishaw arrived at the News more than 40 years ago, covering SMU in the fall of 1983. Since that time, he has been the ...

A woman who was in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina recalls seeking shelter and trying to get out of the city in the ...

New aerial imagery of damage by Hurricane Erin in North Carolina has been released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

BY BILL HALL, Eastern Shore Post, Aug. 22, 2025 The recent dip in water temperatures had produced an uptick in local angling ...

On Tuesday, Aug. 26, Ocean City’s beaches were back open to swimmers and surfers with modified restrictions, according to the ...

The massive Hurricane Erin roughed up the sea and surf, causing rip currents expected to be blamed for two rip deaths in the ...

A federal judge has dismissed the Trump administration’s lawsuit against all 15 federal judges in Maryland over an order by ...

Two Baltimore-area restaurants are each receiving $50,000 in grants to renovate and grow their businesses, the National Trust ...